[Possibilities of general x-ray studies in the diagnosis of wounds of the diaphragm].

To define the value and potentialities of general X-ray study in the diagnosis of diaphragmatic wounds, the X-ray findings were analyzed in 124 victims with punchred and incised wounds of and in 15 patients with gunshot ones of the diaphragm. The paper outlines X-ray procedure and roentgenological signs of damages to the diaphragm in its single and combined injury. Four groups of victims in whom the frequency and magnitude of X-ray changes were related to the predominant wound of either organs of the chest or abdomen were identified. The paper also shows it important to compare the X-ray findings with the site and nature of a wound. A detailed analysis of the X-ray films of the chest and abdomen made it possible to suspect a thoracic and abdominal wound pattern in 51.7% (in 72 of 139) of the patients studied.